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3. Astronomy demonstrated: instruments and models
Astrolabes and quadrants
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astronomical t&e: altazimuth
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astronomical t&e: photoheliograph
astronomical t&e: telescope
astronomical t&e: telescope (20ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope (46 inch)
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astronomical t&e: telescope(astronomic reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope(equatorial refracting)
astronomical t&e: telescope(refracting)
astronomical t&e: telescope(refracting 30 inch)
astronomical t&e: telescope(refracting comet seeking)
astronomical t&e: telescope(refractor)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(originally achromatic, concave element missing)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(triple achromatic)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic(watch in OG)
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic signalman's
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic spy glass
astronomical t&e: telescope, achromatic walking stick
astronomical t&e: telescope, finder
astronomical t&e: telescope, galilean
astronomical t&e: telescope, galilean(combined telescope/sundial)
astronomical t&e: telescope, galilean: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, gregorian: telescope, astronomical reflector(pocket astronomical reflector)
astronomical t&e: telescope, gunlayer's: telescope, achromatic ?
astronomical t&e: telescope, inverting(achromatic. prismatic)
astronomical t&e: telescope, pocket: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, portable: telescope, achromatic
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astronomical t&e: telescope, reflecting(20ft)
astronomical t&e: telescope, reflecting(Newtonian)
astronomical t&e: telescope, refracting
astronomical t&e: telescope, refracting: telescope, achromatic
astronomical t&e: telescope, water
astronomical t&e: telescope: mural circle
astronomical t&e: telescope component
astronomical t&e: telescope component: stand
astronomical t&e: telescope component: stand, astrographic refractor
astronomical t&e: telescope component: stand, telescope
astronomical t&e: telescope component: tube, telescope
astronomical t&e: telescope component: tube, telescope(reflecting)
A Telescope
Barrel
Box
Cabinet contents
Case
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Day and night telescope
Day or night telescope
Day or night telescope draw tube
Day telescope
drafting t&e: sector, equatorial
drafting t&e: sector, Zenith
elescope
Eye piece
Eyepiece
Finder Telescope
Flea-glass telescope
Galilean telescope
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Gregorian telescope
Gun-laying telescope
Gun-sighting telescope
Gun laying telescope
Gun sighting telescope
Hand-held telescope
Handle
Handle -telescope mount part?
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Lens cap
Lens cover
Look-out telescope
Lookout telescope
Medallion base
Metal bar
Micrometer
mount
Naval telescope
Night telescope
Non-achromatic night telescope
Non-achromatic pocket telescope
Non-achromatic polygonal telescope
Non-achromatic telescope
Objective lens cap
Officer of the Watch telescope
optical t&e: cover, object glass
optical t&e: draw tube, telescope(eyepiece draw tube)
optical t&e: draw tube, telescope(two pieces)
optical t&e: eyepiece, telescope
optical t&e: rack, telescope
optical t&e: support, telescope(for crow's nest)
optical t&e: telescope
optical t&e: telescope(fragment)
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope(non-achromatic ?)
optical t&e: telescope, bridge
optical t&e: telescope, inverting(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, miniature folding
optical t&e: telescope, night glass: telescope, inverting
optical t&e: telescope, night glass: telescope, inverting(achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, night glass: telescope, inverting(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, pocket
optical t&e: telescope, pocket(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope, spy glass
optical t&e: telescope, spy glass(non-achromatic)
optical t&e: telescope component: cap, telescope
optical t&e: telescope component: ring, object glass
Part of a flea-glass telescope
personal symbol: coat of arms
personal symbol: coat of arms, royal
personal symbol: crest (rampant lion)
Photoheliograph
Plate holder assembly
Pocket telescope
Pole
Polygonal telescope
Portable telescope
presentation artifact: telescope(in form of lighthouse)
Presentation telescope
Prismatic Telescope
Prismatic telescope
Quintant telescope
Rangefinder telescope
Repeating circle
Repeating circle; Telescope
Screws
Sextant
Sextant telescope
Shade
Sighting tube
Sight tube
sight tube
Sight tube? for sextant
Sight tube? for sextant
Signalling telescope
Slitless Spectrograph for the Yapp Telescope
Spectrograph
Spyglass telescope
Spy glass telescope
Stand/Support?
Support ?
Support rod ?
Support stand
surveying & navigational t&e: compass, dry card(deviation)
surveying & navigational t&e: lighthouse
surveying & navigational t&e: quadrant
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope, transit instrument
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: quadrant, mural
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: quadrant, mural(5ft)
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: transit, portable
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: transit, reversible
surveying & navigational t&e: telescope: transit circle, refracting
surveying & navigational t&e: theodolite
Technical Drawing for refractor telescope
Telesceop
Telescope
Telescope (part)
Telescope, achromatic walking stick
telescope, inverting (night glass)
Telescope; part; motor
Telescope A-frame
Telescope and microscope
Telescope and rangefinder
Telescope attachment
Telescope attachment cap
Telescope attachment lens
Telescope Barrel
Telescope barrel
Telescope barrel and objective lens
Telescope box
Telescope Box
Telescope box and stand
Telescope box key
Telescope box screw
Telescope bracket
Telescope canvas bag
Telescope cap
Telescope case
Telescope component
Telescope components
Telescope Counterweight
Telescope cover
Telescope description booklet
Telescope diagram
Telescope draw tube
Telescope draw tube and objective lens assembly
Telescope draw tube fragment
Telescope extension shade
Telescope eyepiece
Telescope Eyepiece
Telescope eye piece
Telescope eyepiece cap
Telescope Eyepiece Cap
Telescope eyepiece case base
Telescope eyepiece case lid
Telescope eyepiece cover
Telescope eyepiece end
Telescope eyepiece tube
Telescope for sextant
Telescope for sextant
Telescope gear with cogs
Telescope lens
Telescope Lens
Telescope lens cap
Telescope lens cover
Telescope lens part
Telescope Metal bar
Telescope micrometer
Telescope mirror
Telescope mirror bracket
Telescope miscellaneous parts
Telescope mount
Telescope mount part?
Telescope objective cap
Telescope Objective Cap
Telescope objective lens cap
Telescope part
Telescope part?
Telescope Plate holder assembly
Telescope pointer
Telescope Pole
Telescope rack
Telescope screws
Telescope shade
Telescope Shade
Telescope stand
Telescope Stand
Telescope Stand/Support?
Telescope stand knob
Telescope Strap
Telescope sundial
Telescope support
Telescope Support ?
Telescope Support rod ?
Telescope support stand
Telescope tube
telescope tube
Telescope tube and mounting
Telescope tube cap
Telescope tube section
The decagonal barrel of this non-achromatic telescope is made of mahogany and is tapered. It has a single brass draw tube and brass fittings, including a sliding objective lens cover, of which the slide is missing. The eyepiece is also missing.Night telescope
Theodolite
Top of Eyepiece cap
Variable power telescope
visual communication t&e: code, signal
Walking stick telescope
water transport: exploration/research vessel
water transport: exploration/research vessel (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 2nd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 3rd rate (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: 5th rate (HMS) ?
water transport: fighting vessel: battleship (HMS)
water transport: fighting vessel: cruiser (German)
water transport: sailing vessel
water transport: service vessel: storeship
water transport: steam vessel: yacht
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brass, glass, wood
canvas
card
cardboard
cast iron
copper
enamel
enamelled brass
felt
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gilt brass
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horn
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ivory
japanned paperboard
Key ivory (CITES)
lacquer
lacquered and guilded paperboard
leather
leather (case)
lignum vitae
liquid
mahogany
metal
Metal
metal: brass
nickel alloy
oak
painted canvas
paper
papier mâché
parchment
pasteboard
pearls
pearwood
pigskin
pine
pine wood
plastic
raykskin (shagreen)
rayskin
rayskin (shagreen)
rope
shagreen
sharkskin
shark skin
silver
silvered brass
specula
speculum
speculum (metal)
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textile: velvet
tin
tortoiseshell
vellum
velvet
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whipcord
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Display - Maritime London Gallery
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Display - Sea Things Gallery
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Display - Tudor and Stuart Seafarers Gallery
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Adam Hilger Ltd
Adams
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Adams, George
Adie & Son
Airy, George Biddell
Banks
Bate, Robert
Berge, Matthew
Bildt, Jan (Pytters) van der
Bird, John
Broadhurst Clarkson & Co
Callaghan, W.
Cary
Cary, William
Cauchoix, Robert -Aglae
Christian Mur & Johann Sterr
Clark, Josiah Latimer
Cock, Christopher
Cooke, Thomas
Cox, W. C.
Cox, William Charles
Cuff, John
Cunigham, Jacob
Cutts, Sutton & Son
Dallmeyer, J. H.
Davidson, Alexander
Dixey, George
Dobbie McInnes & Clyde Ltd
Dollond & Aitchison
Dollond, Peter
Dring & Fage
Edward Kahler, E
Elliott Bros
Fraser & Son
Frodsham & Keen
Frost, J.
George Lee & Son
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Gilbert & Sons
Gosselin
Graham, George
Gregory & Wright
Grubb, Howard
Grubb, Thomas
Hamel
Hammersley
Harris, John
Haupois, Jean
Heather, William
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, William
Hinde, John
Hooke, Robert
Hughes, Joseph
Huguenin, H.
Hurt, Joseph
Hutchinson & Jackson
J. Cox & Son
Jecker
Johann Alexander Herschel
John Liford
Jones
Jones, Thomas
Jones, Thomas & Sons
Jones, W. H.
Jones, William
Lassel
Lassell, W
Lewis, William
Liford, John
Longland, William
Lyons, Godfrey
Marshall, John
Mazzuchi, Joseph
Mills, Robert
Moschino, Giuseppe
Mudie, D. J.
Nairne & Blunt
Nairne, Edward
National Maritime Museum
Negretti & Zambra
Newman, John
Newman, John Frederick
Newton, William & Frederick
Nugent, Edmund
Owens, Owen
Pillischer, Moritz
Pyefinch, Henry
Ramsden, Jesse
Ransomes & May
Ransomes & Sims
Rheita, Antonio Maria Schyrle de
Roberts
Ross, Andrew
Rossi
Rossi, George
Ross Ltd
Sansedonius, Franc
Sayde
Scarlett, Edward
Schenk, W.
Selva, Domenico
Sevin, Pierre
Sharp, Abraham
Short, James
Sisson, Jeremiah
Sisson, Jonathan
Spencer Browning & Rust
Stebbing, George
Sterrop, George
Steward, J. H.
T. Cooke and Sons Ltd
Taylor, Janet
Tench, Matthew Parker
Thomas Harris & Son
Thomas Jones & Son
Timms, W. H.
Troughton
Troughton & Simms
Troughton, Edward
Tulley, Charles
Unknown
Voigtlander & Sohn
W. G. Pye & Co.
W. Ottway & Co. Ltd
Watkins & Smith
Watkins, Francis
Watkins, William
West, Francis
Whitbread, G.
Willdey, George
William Harris & Co.
Willson, George
Wood, Edward G.
Worthington, Nathaniel
Wright, Thomas
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Bern, Switzerland
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Devonport
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Edinburgh
England
France
Freising
Genoa
Germany
Germany or Netherlands
Italy
Italy or England
Japan
Liverpool
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possibly France
possibly French
probably French
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Antarctic Exploration: British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904
Arctic Exploration: Dr John Rae, 1853-1854
Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Anderson, 1855
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Schwatka, 1878-1880
Arctic Exploration: North Pole expedition, Nares, 1875-1876
Boxer Rebellion, 1900
Carte du Ciel & the Astrographic Catalogue project, 1887-1958
Discovery of Uranus, 1781
Eclipse of the Sun, 1912
Transit of Venus, 1769
Transit of Venus, 1874
World War I, 1914-1918
World War I: Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914
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Camperdown (1885)
Discovery (1873)
Discovery (1901)
Dorothea fl.1818
Fox (1855)
Fury (1814)
Galatea 1794 (possibly Galatea 1810) ?
Scharnhorst fl.1914 (Sank at this Battle)
Sultan (1870)
Vanguard (1835)
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North-West Passage
Ships, Clocks & Stars: The Quest for Longitude
Time and Longitude
Traders: The East India Company and Asia
Voyagers
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Airy, George Biddell
Aubert, Alexander
Back, George
Baddeley, A. Margaret
Baldcock, Thomas
Barrow, John
Berge, Matthew
Bernard, J.
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Booten, B. E. de V
Boys, Henry (RN)
Boys, William H (RN)
Brigstocke, Thomas Robert
Buchan, David
Burgess, John, retfl
Captain Wilkinson
Carpendale, Charles Douglas
Chien Loung, Emperor
Christie, William Henry Mahoney
Clark, Josiah Latimer
Colonel John Herschel
Cook, James
Cooper, Capt
Cox, William Charles
Crispin, William
Cust, Francis P
Cust, W
Davidson, R. B.
Dawson, Alexander
de Montauban, Gen
Dollond, Peter
Donaldson, L.
Doran, Albert
Doran, Emma
Esdaile, Frank Samuel Drake
Everard, James
Fisher, George
Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus
Fowler, Robert Merrick
Franck, Bernard
Franklin, John
Fryer, John
Gieves & Hawkes Ltd
Gilbert, George
Gilbert, Joseph
Greenwich Hospital
Greenwich Hospital School
Griffin, William
Halley, Edmond
Hand, T. H. H.
Harris, William
Herschel, Caroline Lucretia
Herschel, John Frederick William
Herschel, William
Hobson, Capt (RN)
Huish, Henry (RN)
Irving, John
Johann Alexander Herschel
Keppel, Augustus
King William IV
Legge, A K
Macartney, George
McClintock, Francis Leopold
Miller, John
Minet, Isaac
Nares, George Strong
National Service League
Nelson, Horatio
Newbegin, Algenon Montagu
Norwich, Bishop of
Nugent, Edmund
Palmer, John
Parrott, Charles
Parry, William Edward
Pascal, George Frederick
Pasco, John
Pond, John
Pool, Bernard
Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh
Ramsden, Jesse
Reade, Benjamin (Surname could be Peat.
Redmill, J. D.
Rossi, George
Ross Ltd
Royal Greenwich Observatory
Royal United Service Institution
Rump, Hugh R.
Sanderson, A. C.
Scott, Charles Montagu Douglas
Scott, Robert Falcon
Semple, Frederick
Sheepshanks, Reverend Richard
Shortland, John
Smith, William Sidney
Spread Eagle Antiques
Stanfell, Francis
Steevens, Charles
Stokes, John Lort
Stokes, Oliver M F.
Tchichagoff
Thomas Harris & Son
Vansittart, Edward Westby
Walton, E.
Warr family
Watkins & Smith
Watts, James Samuel
William Harris & Co.
Woolley, Richard van der Riet
Worth, Peter Reginald Glenhome
Wrey, William Bourchier Sherard
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